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HAMMOCK- ATTACHMENT.

No, 490,250. Patented Jan. 17, 1893.

UNITED STATES lPATENT muon..

FRANK J. HERRICK, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE NORTH da' JUDD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HAMMOCK ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,250, dated January 17, 1893.

Original application iiled .Tune 27, 1892, Serial No. 438,074. Divided and this application filed August 20. 1892. Serial No. 443,634.

(No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. HERRICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State 5 of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for xHam1nock-Ro} )es, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ro attachments for hammock ropes, and the objects of my improvement are simplicity and cheapness of construction and general convenience and efficiency of the article.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is x5 a side elevation of the attachment at the hammock end of the rope, together with a portion of said rope. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same, anch-Fig. 3 is a transverse section thereof on the line yy of Fig. 2.

2o On the end D of the rope I secure what I call the hammock end attachment F. This consists of a body portion having flanges 77, with a space between them for the rope. At each end of this hanged body portion l form 2 5 hooks 9 with their ends open and somewhat turned to one side from the body as shown in Fig. l. At the end of one of these hooks I form a ring or rope eye l() for the attachment of the rope end D. This rope end D and the 3c hammock end attachment thereon are passed through the end of the hammock and brought back to the desired point on the middle portion of the rope G- when said middle portion of the rope can be passed into the open ends of the hooks and into the space between the 3 5 iianges 7 7 Upon straining the rope as shown in Fig. l. the attachment Will be rnily secured at said point Without any liability of slipping. Neither is the rope liable to become accidentally detached as the curved 4o ends of the hooks are turned away from the flanged body 77 so that there is no danger of accidental displacement so long as the rope is taut. f

This hammock attachment is cheap and 45 simple, and it can be attached to and detached from the middle portion of a rope to fasten it at any desired point thereon.

I claim as my inventionl. The herein described hammock end at- 5o tachment consisting of the body having ianges 7 7, with an open hook 9 at each end thereof and the rope eye l0 at the end of one of said hooks, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

2. The herein described hammock end attachment consisting of the body having flanges 7 7, the hooks 9 at each end of said body with the ends of said hooks left open and curved away from said flanges and the 6o rope eye l0 at the end of one of said hooks, substantially as described and for the purpose specilied.

nFRANK J. HERRICK.

IVitnesses:

C. H. AVERY, JAMES SHEPARD. 

